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Preface

Acknowledgements

Contributors

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1. Policy coherence, growth, investment and
    decent work in South Asia: Some reflections
     — Manas Bhattacharya

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Growth and employment

1.3 Growth inducing policies and their
      implications for employment growth

1.4 Growth–Employment nexus: Decent
      work implications and coherence

1.5 Highlights of the following chapters

1.6 Conclusions

2. Growth, investment and decent work in Bangladesh:
      The need for a better policy mix
      — Mohammed Ali Rashid

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Economic growth, investment and decent
      employment: The status

2.3 Macroeconomic policy and decent
      employment

2.4 Labour productivity and employment

2.5 The quality of employment in the
      formal manufacturing sector

2.6 Conclusions

3. India: A case for strengthening policy coherence 133

— K.P. Kannan

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Growth, investment and employment

3.3 Growth and decent work

3.4 The disconnect between growth
      and decent work

3.5 Decent work and macroeconomic policy

3.6 Potential trade-offs between employment
      and other macroeconomic policy objectives

4. Labour markets outcomes and policy
    challenges in India

— Ahmad Ahsan,Dipak Dasgupta and Ashish Narain

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Pattern of economic growth and
      labour market

4.3 Productivity, wage growth and
      job quality

4.4 Is there a trade-off between
      productivity and employment
      growth?

4.5 How can government policies help?

4.6 Labour regulation and reforms

4.7 Conclusions: India’s employment challenges

5. Nepal: A critical assessment of experience
— Dilli Raj Khanal

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Growth performance and employment
      patterns

5.3 Macroeconomic policies and decent
      employment in Nepal

5.4 Major conclusions and policy implications

6. Pakistan: A tale of controlled market and
    weak governance

— Nadeem Ul Haque

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Pakistan’s labour market

6.3 Planning has not worked while
      quality of governance has declined

6.4 A review of Pakistan’s growth

6.5 Paradigm shift: The new
      development thinking

6.6 What is to be done?

6.7 Sequencing of reform and
      political economy

6.8 Conclusions

7. Sri Lanka: The role of strengthening
      policy coherence
— Shyamali Ranaraja

7.1 Background

7.2 Growth, investment and employment
      in Sri Lanka

7.3 The disconnect between economic growth
      and decent work at the national level 

7.4 Linking macroeconomic policy and decent
      work

7.5 Is decent work central to current
      economic policy?

7.6 Conclusions

8. Afghanistan: Little space for decent work
— Paula Kantor

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Setting the scene

8.3 Decent work deficits in Afghanistan

8.4 Growth, investment and decent work
      in policy and programmes

8.5 Aid community role in promoting growth,
      investment and decent work 

8.6 Conclusions and recommendations

9. Iran: Decent work challenges 
— Hassan Taee

9.1 Introduction

9.2 The trend of economic growth and formation of gross fixed capital

9.3 Population and the labour market

9.4 Labour market and employment policies

9.5 Decent work requirements

9.6 Concluding remarks

References and selected reading

Index